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“As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.”

People Said Church Rooms My Friends Hypocrite

“I don't know about immortal, but I must say that to me to touch more women and to have them understand friendships is important. I've had girls come up to me who said, "Yeah, after I saw 'Beaches' I called up my friend Denise who I was really mad at. She got me so aggravated and I called her and we made up." So if I could do that with this new release, yes, that would be very pleasing to me because, hey, it's a tough world. You need friends out there.”

Ifs Knows World Needs Made Said Important Would Be Girl Saws My Friends Tough Yeah Mad Come Up Release Hey Beach If I Could Immortal Friend In Need Aggravated Tough World

Author:Garry Marshall

“I just started asking my friends if they had noticed. None of them - feminists, mothers, daughters - noticed until I pointed it out. Then I decided to bring it up within the industry. I knew a lot of people, so I'd say, "Have you ever noticed how few female characters there are in kids movies?" when I met a director, a producer, whatever. And they said, "Oh, but that's not true anymore."”

People Ifs Said Character Kids Mother Industry Mets Directors Daughter My Friends Female Decided Asking Feminist Producers They Said Female Characters Mother Daughter Kids Movie

Author:Geena Davis

“It really was something, to see Ram Bahadur Bomjon, apparently living without food or water. Before I went on that trip I'd asked advice on it from a very wise person who I love and revere - basically trying to see if I was somehow disrespecting Buddhism by trying to write about it, and also looking for some grounding on what stance to take ... and my friend said, "Well, why don't you just go and see?" And I hear that in my head all the time now: "Why don't you go and see?"”

Ifs Writing Trying Wells Persons Said Water Wise Advice Buddhism My Friends Stance Grounding Very Wise Rams Wise Person

Author:George Saunders

“I love the Bach Prelude No. 2 in C Minor and had that stuck in my head: why don't I put this on Imaginaryland? So I brought it to my friend Tom Grimley who recorded That Dog's first record. I played him all my a cappella pieces, and he said, "P, you should really make a record, it would be great! You can record it at my studio and I'll put it out!"”

Should Firsts Said Would Be Records Pieces Dog My Friends Studios Stuck Toms Minors Prelude

Author:Petra Haden

“There was this moment in 2003 when I was asked to do a fundraiser for someone who was speaking out against the Iraq war when nobody was. I said, "I will do a fundraiser for that guy." And then my friend John Hall, from the band Orleans...He ran for Congress in my district and won. I did a bunch of fundraisers for him.”

Said War Moments Guy Band My Friends Congress Iraq Bunch Ran Halls That Guy Iraq War Speaking Out Fundraiser

Author:Dar Williams

“They said [on a day show], oh, you can't do a Chinese accent. That's - and I said, I'm not doing a Chinese accent. I'm doing my friend's accent. And they said, yeah, you can't do that. And I said, OK, but can I do a Russian accent? And they said, yeah, yeah, of course, you can do that. I said, and a British accent? They said, yeah, go ahead. And I couldn't understand.”

Said Shows Courses Can Do My Friends Yeah British Chinese Accents They Said

Author:Trevor Noah

“I rang my friend Jim Wolfensohn, who was then running a private commercial bank in New York. I said, "Come up to Vancouver", and he did. I put my proposition to him. He said, "I think it could work." I said, "Will you help us?" He said, "Yes." So, I set aside senior people in our treasury and they worked with Wolfensohn and the investment sanctions were applied. And that's what brought the regime down. The last South African Finance Minister, Barend du Plessis, went on record as saying that it was the investment sanctions that put the final nail in the coffin of apartheid.”

“I got a message from one of my friends in Puerto Rico, who said, 'Sonia, there's nobody working in Puerto Rico - they're all glued to the television'. And I got a similar message from a friend in Spain.”

Said Television Messages My Friends Spain Puerto Rico Rico

Author:Sonia Sotomayor

“I told my friend - we were working on a movie together - and he gave me a script and asked me to give him notes. And they were all male characters, and I said, "You know what would make this character more interesting?" And he asked what - and it's this road trip between three guys, basically, one older man, one 30-year-old and a 13-year-old mechanic. And I said, "If you make the 13-year-old a girl, and you make her an Indian-American mechanic." And he said, "What do you mean?" And I said, "Yeah, don't change anything in the script about him, and just make it a her."”

Ifs Knows Men Giving Years Mean Said Character Together Guy Girl Three Interesting My Friends Yeah Notes Males Scripts Indian Mechanic Don't Change American Indian Road Trip Older Man

Author:Karla Souza

“The waiter just flashed me something that said, "Chew bubblegum." Every morning, when I was about to go to the Oprah competition, my friend used to say this line in a video game to me: "It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum." There's a strict policy that you can't encourage anyone on a reality show, that would give them an edge.”

Giving Said Shows Reality Used Games Lines Morning Policy My Friends Competition Edges Video Ass Kicks Bubbles Every Morning Strict Waiter Gum Reality Shows Kick Ass Bubble Gum

Author:Zach Anner

“I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting the government off your back, lowering the taxes and strengthening the military. Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. I said to my friend, I said, "What party is he?" My friend said, "He's a Republican." I said, "Then I am a Republican."”

Said Government Speak Party Talking Heard Air Military Listening Republican Taxes My Friends Breaths Enterprise Strengthening Fresh Air Free Enterprise

Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger

“I learned about sex pretty early when I was, I remember, my friend Amanda DeLauro explained it to me when I was six and then I went home and I told my parents, "Oh my God, Amanda said this ridiculous thing, can you believe how stupid this is? She's insane.”

Believe Said Home Remember Sex Parent Stupid Six My Friends Ridiculous Insane Amanda Ridiculous Things

Author:Lena Dunham

“I have lunch with my friend who works for a theatrical agent and her and I were sitting there eating lunch on Sunset Boulevard and a woman who was a theatrical agent drove by and saw me and jumped out of the car and ran up and handed me her card. I had no idea this happens or would happen and I didn't know what to expect out of it. And my brother said alright you better call her and I said alright, why not? So that's pretty much how we got our first agent and then we started taking acting classes.”

“For all my friends in the media who like quotes, mark this quote down. From this day on I'd like to be known as 'The Big Aristotle' because Aristotle once said, 'Excellence is not a singular act; it's a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.'”

Said Bigs Known Media Habit Basketball My Friends Mark Excellence This Day Passion For Excellence

Author:Shaquille O'Neal

“My friend Jerry Falwell was the one who said it, and he was a guest on my show, and it's hard to take the blame for everybody who shows up on your show.”

Said Hard Shows My Friends Blame Guests Jerry

Author:Pat Robertson

“I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people said about Madonna. And it's like, she didn't care. Madonna just came out and was herself. I respect that a lot.”

People Said Shows Care Remember Stuff Respect My Friends Reviews Harsh

Author:Britney Spears

“'Love Story' is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn't like him. All of them!”

Said Stories Guy My Friends My Family Love Story

Author:Taylor Swift

“I said to my friends that if I was going to starve, I might as well starve where the food is good.”

Ifs Wells Said Might Food My Friends Food Safety

Author:Virgil Thomson

“My family, the support of my friends, the amount of people that have written and come up to me on the street and said, 'Thank you for representing us,' and Adam Lambert, and Lady Gaga, that's been amazing.”

People Said Support Written Streets Amount My Friends My Family Come Up Adam Representing Gaga

Author:Johnny Weir

“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh?" he whispered. "Yes, Piglet?" "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”

“Want to talk about Shakespeare's sonnets?" asked Orphu of Io. Are you shitting me?" The moravecs loved the ancient human colloquial phrases, the more scatological the better. Yes," said Orphu. "I am most definitely shitting you, my friend.”

Want Humans Said My Friends Ancient Phrases Sonnet Ios Shakespeare's Sonnets

Author:Dan Simmons

“Go to bed, you fool," Calcifer said sleepily. "You're drunk." "Who, me?" said Howl. "I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober." He got up and stalked upstairs, feeling for the wall as if he thought it might escape him unless he kept in touch with it. His bedroom door did escape him.”

Ifs Said Feelings Might Doors Wall Fool Bed My Friends Drunk Bedroom Howl Upstairs Cones Howl's Moving Castle Calcifer

Book:Wizard's Castle

Source: Wizard's Castle

“Poirot," I said. "I have been thinking." "An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.”

Thinking Has Beens Said Exercise My Friends Admirable

Book:Peril at End House (Poirot)

Source: Peril at End House (Poirot)

“My friend wants to get moving and so do I,' Eddie said. 'We've got miles to go yet.' I know that. It's on your face, son. Like a scar.' Eddie was fascinated by the idea of duty and ka as something that left a mark, something that might look like decoration to one eye and disfigurement to another. Outside, thunder cracked and lightning flashed.”

Source: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower

“St Paul said it is better to marry than to burn, but my mother taught me it is better to burn than to marry. She wanted to be a nun. She hoped I would be a priest and saved to give me an education while my friends plaited rope and trailed after the plough. I can't be a priest because although my heart is as loud as hers I can pretend no answering riot. I have shouted to God and the Virgin, but they have not shouted back and I'm not interested in the still small voice. Surely a god can meet passion with passion? She says he can. Then he should.”

Giving Should Heart Said Stills I Can Would Be Wanted Mother Passion Voice Taught My Heart My Friends Give Me Saved Loud Priests Not Interested Virgins Rope Riot Nun Small Voice

Book:The Passion

Source: The Passion

“I might have known,” said Eeyore. “After all, one can’t complain. I have my friends. Somebody spoke to me only yesterday. And was it last week or the week before that Rabbit bumped into me and said ‘Bother!’. The Social Round. Always something going on.”

Said Might Lasts Social Known Week My Friends Rounds Complaining Yesterday Bother Spokes Rabbits Winnie The Pooh Friend

Book:Winnie-the-Pooh

Source: Winnie-the-Pooh

“That said, I, Beck Phillips, take full responsibility for being stuck in m y school's pitch-black venting system with my friend Jason, behind me and a garbage bag full of angry bees in front of me.”

Said School Black Behinds Responsibility Fronts My Friends Angry Stuck Bags Bees Garbage Jason Venting Pitch Black

Author:Obert Skye

“Meraa mitra yahaan aaiye," he murmurs. I understand only a little Hindi, enough to know what he has said: Come here, my friend. I've never known a braver girl," he says.”

Knows Littles Said Enough Girl Known My Friends Hindi

Book:The Gemma Doyle Trilogy

Source: The Gemma Doyle Trilogy

“A learned man came to me once. He said, "I know the way, -- come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon, too soon, were we Where my eyes were useless, And I knew not the ways of my feet. I clung to the hand of my friend; But at last he cried, "I am lost.”

Knows Men Way Said Hands Eye Together Lasts Lost Feet My Friends Useless Cried Overjoyed

Book:War Is Kind and Other Poems

Source: War Is Kind and Other Poems

“I'm a stranger," pointed out Bod. "You're not," she said, definitely. "You're a little boy." And then she said, "And you're my friend. So you can't be a stranger.”

Littles Said Boys My Friends Stranger Little Boys

Book:The Graveyard Book

Source: The Graveyard Book

“When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing. I told him I wanted to be a real Major League baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.”

“Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first two fingers of his left hand into the darkness. The Dagger of the Thirteenth, a thief's gesture against evil. "Your night is my cloak, my shield, my escape from those who hunt to feed the noose. I will fear no evil, for you have made the night my friend." "Bless the Benefactor," said Jean, squeezing Locke's left forearm. "Peace and profit to his children.”

Source: The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves

“So how do you know him? (Shahara) I knocked on his door one day and said, ‘Hi, I’m here to rob you. Hope you don’t mind. Oh, and by the way, will you be my friend?’ (Syn)”

Knows Way Mind Said Doors One Day My Friends Do You Know

Book:Born Of Fire: Number 2 in series

Source: Born Of Fire: Number 2 in series

“When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want; the taxes are not oppressive; the rational world is my friend, because I am a friend of its happiness: When these things can be said, there may that country boast its Constitution and its Government”

World Want May Said Country Government Happiness Found Poor Streets Ignorance Taxes My Friends Empty Constitution Rational Jail Prisoner Distress Boast Beggar

Book:Collected Writings

Source: Collected Writings

“Jamie chose that moment to almost fall down the stairs. Mae took his whole weight and grabbed the banister. Seb reached out but Jamie shied away, and Nick gave Jamie a push in the chest that was clearly intended to right him, but that nearly had him toppling over backward. Balance eventually restored to them all, Jamie gave Nick an approving look. "You are my friend," he told him. "Yeah, I am," said Nick. "But these stairs," Jamie said sadly. "They are not my friends.”

Looks Said Whole Moments Fall Balance My Friends Weight Yeah That Moment Chests Falling Down Stairs Jamie Mae Approving

Author:Sarah Rees Brennan

“And yet," said Poirot, "suppose an accident-" "Ah, no, my friend-" "From your point of view it would be regrettable, I agree. But nevertheless let us just for one moment suppose it. Then, perhaps, all these here are linked together - by death.”

Said Moments Would Be Together Views My Friends Agree Accidents Point Of View Nevertheless Linked

Book:Five complete Hercule Poirot novels

Source: Five complete Hercule Poirot novels

“Children of the Nephilim," Magnus said. "Well, well. I don't recall inviting you." Isabelle took out her invitation and waved it like a white flag. "I have an invitation. These"--she indicated the rest of the group with a grand wave of her arm--"are my friends." Magnus plucked the invitation out of her hand and looked at it with fastidious distaste. "I must have been drunk," he said. He threw the door open. "Come in. And try not to murder any of my guests." Jace looked at him, "Even if one of them spills something on my new shoes?" "Even then." - 219”

“Well, I hate to tell you this," she said, "but your friend is an asshole." "He's not my friend," said Simon. "And I couldn't agree with you more, actually." -Maia & Simon about Jace, pg.49-”

Wells Said Hate My Friends I Hate Agree Jace

Author:Cassandra Clare

“He is a Shadowhunter,” said Jocelyn. “His loyalty will be to Clave and Covenant.” “He’s my friend,” said Magnus coldly. “His loyalty is to me.”

Said My Friends Loyalty Covenant Magnus Bane Shadowhunters Lost Souls City Of Lost Souls

Author:Cassandra Clare

“I’ve always been able to tell a lot about people by whether they ask me about my scar. Most people never ask, but if it comes up naturally somehow and I offer up the story, they are quite interested. Some people are just dumb: 'Did a cat scratch you?' God bless. Those sweet dumdums I never mind. Sometimes it is a fun sociology litmus test, like when my friend Ricky asked me, 'Did they ever catch the black guy that did that to you?' Hmmm. It was not a black guy, Ricky, and I never said it was.”

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Author:Tina Fey

“I am asking you to marry me because I love you,” he said, “because I cannot imagine living my life without you. I want to see your face in the morning, and then at night, and a hundred times in between. I want to grow old with you, I want to laugh with you, and I want to sigh to my friends about how managing you are, all the while secretly knowing I am the luckiest man in town.” “What?” she demanded. He shrugged. “A man’s got to keep up appearances. I’ll be universally detested if everyone realizes how perfect you are.”

Ifs Men Want Said Faces Night Grows Realizing Perfect Morning Laughing Knowing Imagine Love You Hundred My Friends Towns Asking Appearance Your Face Living My Life Sigh Without You Marry Me

Author:Julia Quinn

“You'll enjoy it. There is much you can learn from books and scrolls," said Jeod. He gestured at the walls. "These books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life." "It sounds intriguing," admitted Eragon. "Always the scholar, aren't you?" asked Brom. Jeod shrugged. "Not anymore. I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.”

Said Book Enjoy Sound Laughing Cry Wall My Friends Companion Scholar Intriguing Make Me Laugh Meaning Life Eragon Bibliophiles

Book:Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr Omnibus

Source: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr Omnibus

“Isabelle," she said, lightening her tone with an obvious effort, "your loyalty to your friend is understandable --" "He's not my friend." Isabelle looked over at Jace, who was staring at her in a sort of daze. "He's my brother.”

Said Effort Brother My Friends Obvious Loyalty Staring Tone My Brother Jace Isabelle Lightwood Daze

Author:Cassandra Clare

“She's my friend, the boy said simply. That's who she is and that's enough for me. As Minli looked at the buffalo boy, aglow with happiness against his poor surroundings, she saw it was enough for him. More than enough, as the smile that kept curling up on his face told her.”

Said Enough Faces Poor Boys Saws My Friends Surroundings Buffalo

Book:Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Source: Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

“It started when she passed me a note in English class. The note said you don't seem as awful as I hear you are. I passed one back that read: beware I am as awful as people say and worse. She laughed and I had a friend. She didn't become my Ally and I didn't ask her to or want her to but she became my friend and that was more than anyone else was willing to do.”

People Want Said Seems Asks Class Willing My Friends Notes Awful Allies Laughed English Class

Book:A Million Little Pieces

Source: A Million Little Pieces

“I can't be any more addicted to it than I already am,"Jamie said slowly, as though he'd rehearsed this, and then waiting for a cue Nick obviously had no intention of giving." Think about crack!" Jamie added, clearly struck by insperation. "Yes! It's like I'm a crack addict, and you're my friend the drug dealer who gives me crack for free, and I know you're just trying to be a good friend, but every time I think 'Wow, this crack might be a little bit of a problem for me,' you're there to say, 'Have some more delicious crack.' Am I making sense?" Nick stared."Hardly ever in your life.”

“Actually, I came because I have a last-minute invitation. My friend Erika Gill is having a big party tomorrow night, one of those all-out birthday bashes that girls like. Want to go?" ---------------------------------------- "No. Sorry." "Since it's a catered thing, at a restaurant, I'll pick you up at- what did you say?" "I'm sorry. I can't do it." ---------------------------------------- "You're busy?" "I just can't do it," I said.”

Want Said I Can Bigs Lasts Night Girl Party Minutes Tomorrow Picks My Friends Sorry Busy Restaurants I'm Sorry Invitations That Girl Last Minute Bash

Author:Elizabeth Chandler

“There were five others before they got to him. He smiled a little when his turn came. His voice was low, smoky, and dead sexy. “My name is Augustus Waters,” he said. “I’m seventeen. I had a little touch of osteosarcoma a year and a half ago, but I’m just here today at Isaac’s request.” “And how are you feeling?” asked Patrick. “Oh, I’m grand.” Augustus Waters smiled with a corner of his mouth. “I’m on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend.”

Years Littles Said Feelings Today Turns Names Voice Water Half Five Lows Mouths My Friends Corners Sexy Request Seventeen Roller Coaster Coasters Isaac Augustus Augustus Waters

Book:Paper Towns

Source: Paper Towns

“Yes, I did and a lot of my friends who are in the same program as I were very much supportive, and the most important thing they said to me is do not let this interfere with what you have to do in taking car of yourself. That was the most important thing.”

Said Important Car My Friends Program Important Things Interfere They Said Supportive

Author:Naomi Campbell

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